Store-service apparatus.



E. G. GIPE.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION I'IL'ED MAR.15, 1911.

1,008,636. Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

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E. G. GIPE.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 15, 1911. 1,008,636, Patented Nov. 14,1911.

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TiNiTnn STATES PATENT orTioE.

EMANUEL C. GIPE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL C. GIPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which corresponding letters of reference in the different figures indicate like parts.

My invention relates to store service apparatus and my object is to so construct a wire-way curve and a car therefor that they may be readily and easily adapted to varying conditions and assembled at a minimum cost of time and effort.

To these ends, my invention consists in the combination of elements hereinafter more particularly described and definitely set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is a plan View of a curve embodying the features of my improvement, Fig. 2, is a sectional view in plan taken upon the line 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 3, is an elevation showing a portion of one end of a curve, a wire-way connected therewith and a car mounted thereon, Fig. 4, is a vertical sectional View taken upon the line 4, Fig. 3, Fig. 5, is a perspective view showing details of the curve and wire-way connections arranged to indicate the manner in which they may be assembled, and Fig. 6, is a vertical sectional view taken upon the line 6, Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow there shown.

Referring to the drawings, 1, Figs. 1 and 6, represents an ordinary hanger adapted to be suspended vertically from a ceiling in any well'known way. A fitting 2, is secured thereto by means of a set-screw 3 and serves as an attachment for the usual anchor wire 1. Attached to the bottom of the fitting by means of a screw 5, are radial arms 6, 6, which consist of fiat bars having the outer end portions bent as shown at 6. Riveted or otherwise rigidly attached to the upper face at the outer end of each of the bars 6, is a plate 7, more clearly shown in Fig. 5, which is arranged to project laterally beyond the inner face of the bar. Said plate is notched as shown at 8, and is provided with a depending flange 9, having a projec- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 15, 1911.

Patented Nov. 14., 1911.

Serial No. 614,691.

tion 10, extending beyond the notch, thereby forming a hook for engagement with a loop 11, of a wire 12, constituting the usual elevated way. The inner surface or edge of said plate is arranged parallel with that of the outer end or bent portion of the arm so that the track wires 12 may be in alinement with the hanger 1 as indicated by the dotted lines shown in Figs. 1 and 2.v A cylindrical fitting 13, is slotted to receive a portion 14:, of the plate 7 to which it is rigidly attached. The part 13 is provided with a pintle 15, adapted to enter a bore 16 in a rod or tube 17, which is cut to the proper length, so that when placed in position, it will conform to the requisite curve as shown in Fig. 2. Said part is supported at the respective ends by means of the pintles 15. A thin plate 18, is attached at one end to the part 17 while the other is projected into a slot in a short adjusting rod 19, which is loosely projected through a bore in a stud 20, attached to a plate 21 by means of a nut 22, Fig. 6. A set-screw 23 enables the rod 19 to be adjusted to any desired position so as to support the middle of the part 17 and maintain it in rigid engagement with the pintles at the ends.

When assembled as described, the track Wires 12 and the part 17 form one continuous elevated way, for the support and passage of a car 24: Rigidly attached at 25 to the outer ends of the bars 6, are upwardly extended brackets 26, the upper portions of which are bent as shown to overhang the track wires. A rod 27 is projected through a bore in each of said brackets and adjustably secured in place by means of a set screw 28. Said rods are in turn passed through bores in brackets 29 and lugs 30, which, in turn, are rigidly attached to a curved guiding rod 31 which they serve to support above the curved track section 17 and in a vertical plane therewith. Said guiding rod is preferably formed from compressed fiber or other similar material and is tapered at the ends as shown at 32.

Upon the outer end of each of the bars 27, is rigidly secured a guiding yoke consisting of a horizontally arranged cross bar 33, having diverging arms 34. upon its ends which are held upon opposite sides of the track-wire 12 as shown in Fig. 1.

The main features of the car 24 are constructed in the ordinary way but in order to enable said car to coact with the guide-rod 31 and the end yokes, I have extended the frame portion thereof above the upper wheels as shown at 35, Figs. 3 and l, and have formed a horizontal plate 36 thereon, see also Fig. 1, upon which is formed vertical flanges 37, 37, arranged to diverge from the middle outwardly in opposite directions toward the front and rear of the car, the distance between the flanges at the nearest points being somewhat greater-than the diameter of the guide-rod 31.

The device described may be assembled and operated as follows: The hanger 1, having been secured and anchored in place with the arms 6 attached to the lower end, the

projections 10 of the plates 7 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and the wires stretched at the opposite ends to the requisite tension. This causes the arms 6 to assume the proper angle of divergence and fixes the distance between the parts 13, thereby enabling the arc and lengthof curve of the intervening track section 17, to be determined. Then this length is established the tube 17 is cut to the proper length and the part 18 attached to the middle. The rod 19 is then inserted in the bore of the part 20 and the pintles 15 projected into the bores 16 at the respective ends of the curved section. The part 19 is then pushed toward the curve and secured in place by means of the set-screw 23, Fig. 6. The guide-rod 31 is then adjusted to conform to the curve of the track section 17, the rods 27 and set-screws 28 permitting such variation in adjustment as may be found necessary.

It will be noted that the wire ways 12 aretangential to the curve of the track-section 17 and that the ends of the guide-rod 3'1 with the yokes thereon extend over said tangential track portions. When a car is projected from a station it frequently oscillates laterally in opposite directions to a very considerable degree. cur, one or the other of the arms 34: of the yoke will engage one of the flanges 37 and deflect it so that said flanges will straddle the guide-rod 31. The car will then be supported by said bar ina vertical plane until it rounds the curve. From the construction described, this would obviously be true in whichever direction the car might be moved.

As a result of bending the bars 6, as described, the plates 7 are made parallel with the track wires thereby enabling the latter to be in direct alinement with the hanger regardless of the degree of divergence of said wires. This eliminates any tendency to twist on the part of the bars or hanger and enables said bars: to be made of a relatively light material, obviates the" necessity for bracing and permits of ready and accurate Should this 00- adjustment of the guide-rod and curved track section.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination with the diverging wires of an elevated way, of a hanger having diverging arms jointedly connected therewith, said arms being provided with laterally projecting means thereon for engaging :said diverging wires, a curved track-section intervenlng between sald wires, a curved guide-rod supported upon said arms, said rod being located above and in the vertical plane of curvature of said curved track section, and a car having upwardly extended members, arranged to straddle said guiderod.

loops 11 of the wires 12 are hooked over the f 2. The combination with the diverging wires of an elevated way, of a hanger having diverging arms jointedly connected therewith, laterally extended means upon said arms for engaging said diverging wires to hold them in planes parallel to those of said arms, a curved track section interposed be tween said wires to form a continuation thereof, a curved guide supported by said arms above said track section and in a cor 1 responding plane of curvature, a car having upwardly extended members for straddling said guide rod and initiatory guide arms located at opposite ends of said curved guide arm to engage one of said upwardly extended members upon said car and guide it i into contact with the end of said guide-rod.

3. The combination with the diverging wires of an elevated way, of a hanger, di-

verging arms interposed between said wires and hanger, said arms being provided wlth 1 laterally extended means for connecting said wires therewith, pintles upon said laterally extended means in alinement with said wires, an intervening curved track-section having said pintles extending into its ends to support the same, and means adjustably connected with said hanger for supporting said.- track section at its middle.

4. The combination with the diverging wires of an elevated way, of a hanger having diverging arms jointedly connected therewith, means upon said arms for engaging the ends of said diverging wires to hold them in vertical planes parallel to those of said arms, a curved track section interposed between the ends of said wires to form a continuation thereof, a curved guide located above said track section, means near the outer ends of said arms for supporting said curved guide from above, and means for providing a longitudinal adjustment of said guide-rod with respect to its supports to enable it to assume a plane of curvature cor responding to that of said track section.

5. The combination with the diverging wires of an elevated way, of a hanger having diverging arms jointedly connected therewith means u on said arms for en a the ends of sa id diverging wires t fi them in vertical planes parallel to those of said arms, a curved track-section interposed between the ends of said wires to form a continuation thereof, a curved guide-rod located above said track-section, means upon the outer ends of said arms for adjustably supporting said curved guide, yokes having diverging arms arranged to extend beyond the ends of said curved guide-rod upon 0pposite sides of its vertical plane and a car having upwardly extended members arranged to pass between said yoke arms and to straddle said guide-rod.

6. The combination with the diverging wires of an elevated Way, of a hanger having diverging arms jointedly connected therewith, said arms being bent near their outer ends to cause the end portion of each to be substantially parallel with the track-wire which it is intended to support, laterally projecting means upon said end portion for engaging said diverging wires, a curved l track section interposed between the converging ends of said wires, a curved guiderod supported upon said arms, sald rod being located above and in the vertical plane of curvature of said curved track section and a car having upwardly extended members arranged to straddle said guide-rod.

7 The combination with the diverging wires of an elevated way, of a hanger having diverging arms jointedly connected therewith, a laterally projecting plate upon the free end of each of said arms for engaging a track-wire, the inner edge of said plate being parallel with the track wire connected therewith, a curved track section interposed between the converging ends of said wires, a curved guide rod supported above said curved track section in the vertical plane of curvature of the latter and a car having upwardly extended members arranged to straddle said guide-rod.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of March 1911.

EMANUEL C. GIPE.

Witnesses:

DAVID H. FLETCHER, JENNm L. FISKE.

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